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DracosDuchess · 12-20-2006, 04:51 AM

Hey everyone! Sorry I have been slacking! I had to get myself through finals week, and wasn't able to get on SnitchSeeker hardly at all! But all the requests are posted now! I wrote a few ficlets tonight, which I've put in this post. I'll work on the rest tomorrow! We're almost done everyone! Great job!

For Sierra:

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“Slytherin Happiness”

“I can’t believe Dumbledore thinks making these potions will increase student morale,” Snape grumbled as he cleaned out his cauldron for the fiftieth time that day. “Whoever heard of giving the students gifts for Christmas?”

Snape picked up the piece of parchment which listed the ingredients for Essence of Sierra and immediately conjured up the image of a young girl, eager to learn and prove herself as the best. He was glad she had been sorted into Slytherin, as she brought a little pride to the house.

“Hmm…I need knowledge and sarcasm,” he mumbled to himself as he picked up the bottles and poured the contents into the cauldron. “And… Oh, for Merlin’s sake, Sierra, you had ruin your Essence potion with happiness.” Regretfully, Snape emptied the bottle of the swirling silver liquid happiness. After mixing the concoction together, he poured the liquid into a glass bottle and shook it four times. Suddenly, a voice spoke to him from the bottle.

“You should quit being such a sourpuss, Professor. Being a Slytherin doesn’t mean you have to be unhappy,” a voice Snape recognized as Sierra’s criticized. He frowned and wrapped a bow around the bottle, locking it in his drawer.

For luvtheweasleys:

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“Tugging at Snape’s Heart Strings”

“Elixer of Luv? Why would anyone request me to make that?” Snape growled as he reached for the love, laughter, and wealth and combined them in the cauldron he had sitting in front of him. As he stirred the liquid, the laughter resonated in his dungeon office, as if he were tickling it.

“Shut it, you,” he mumbled as he turned the flame down and allowed the potion to simmer. Every few minutes, he glanced in the cauldron and after a few checks, he noticed that the scarlet red potion was solidifying. And, just as he had expected, a human form suddenly emerged. Surprisingly, Snape found himself oddly attracted to the impeccably-dressed woman standing in front of him, with her sparkling hair and hypnotic eyes. Feeling this instant attraction and pull toward a perfect stranger irritated Snape to no end, and without speaking a word, he stalked out of his office. The woman followed his every move with her eyes, and once Snape had slammed the door, she smiled and let out a sigh.

“One day, Severus, you will be mine,” the woman spoke softly, glancing at the picture of the Potion’s Master that she was clutching in her hand.

A Bit Of Bee And Laurie · 12-20-2006, 10:25 AM

Oh darn! I missed the deadline for requests in the 1st day of Potter thread. Now I can't have a pretty siggy or a ficlet. Darn my bad timekeeping! Darn it to hades lol!

*Wanders off from thread, sulking"

Evy · 12-21-2006, 02:50 AM

#52 - JTLOVER:

#108 - #1_harry_potter_22:

EDIT FROM DRACOSDUCHESS: POSTED!!!!

DracosDuchess · 12-23-2006, 04:36 PM

Here's the rest of the ficlets:

For #77 - Olivia Rodriguez/Olivia:

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“You have one hour to complete your test. Begin.”

Snape paced along the aisles, watching gleefully as students trembled, scratching lines through their answers. He also studied the sheet of paper in his hands that instructed him on how to prepare the Essence of Olivia. On his desk, he had a cauldron with craziness and mischief. All he needed was a dash of Ron Weasley. Severus shuddered every time he read that. He had to be careful not to add too much of any of the ingredients, because he would turn into Olivia himself if there was any problem. Not wanting to be changed into a girl, Snape walked up behind the redhead and yanked out a strand of his hair.

“Ouch! What’d you do that for? I lost my concentration!” Ron protested.

“Hush, Weasley! It’s not like you expected a decent grade anyhow. Back to work!” Snape snapped. He walked back to the front of the classroom and dropped the hair into the cauldron. Immediately, a girl he suspected to be Olivia emerged and walked to where Ron was still massaging his head.

“You might want to change that answer. It’s not right,” she whispered as she walked by.

For #86 - Biochemkris/Kris:

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“Hmm...this is more like it. Finally, an essence with magical ingredients,” Snape mumbled, reading the instructions for the Essence of Kris. He walked to his storage cabinet and pulled out the jar that contained a hellebore plant’s roots. Brushing off the excess dirt from one of the longer roots, he dropped it into the cauldron he was carrying.

Severus next reached for the runespoor eggs that were normally on his top shelf, but he only came up with air.

“Odd. Seems I’ll have to use my secret stash. Lucky for me I have a contact in Knockturn Alley,” he whispered as he opened a trick drawer beneath the bottom shelf. Snape drew out a small blue-green egg, a rare color that increased mental ability tenfold.

“And last is peppermint. That’s simple enough.” Snape pulled out a sprig of peppermint from a bottle, tossed it into the cauldron, and placed it on the fire he already had going. After hours of stirring, Snape was finally satisfied with the goopey appearance the ingredients had taken on. Before he could wash the spoon he’d been using, an attractive gentleman appeared and began admiring his blue-green shirt.

“Nice choice of egg, Professor,” Kris commented.

For #87 - PhelpsTwinsFan/Tori:

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Oliver Wood made his way to the front of the potions classroom and opened the students’ ingredients cabinet. “A punch of shyness? Is that like a pinch?” he wondered. After many attempts, Oliver managed to grab a small amount of the evasive shyness powder. He dropped it into the cauldron he was carrying and read the next ingredient on the list for Essence of Tori, which was niceness. Among the large bottles, Oliver was only able to find a small, dusty bottle of niceness.

“Figures. Snape probably hasn’t replenished his niceness in years,” Oliver said, laughing as he pulled out a few of the orange pellets from the vial and added it to his cauldron. He located the last ingredient, dorkness and added a spoonful of the plaid liquid. Once back at his desk, Oliver stirred the ingredients, and just as Snape was dismissing the class, a gorgeous girl emerged from the cauldron and gave Oliver a shy, crooked smile that melted his heart. He wrapped his arm around Tori and lead her out of the classroom. Suddenly, he felt himself falling and landed flat on his face. He heard loud laughing behind him.

”Great trip, Fred!”

“Great trip, George!”

For #90 - iamoscar/Ingrid:

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Draco sat at the table in his common room, staring at the instructions for Essence of Ingrid. He had heard Ingrid was a very attractive woman with brains and wit, but one mistake and Ingrid could turn vicious and ugly. Draco decided to take extra caution in preparing the potion.

“As much craziness as I can stand?” Draco started pouring the craziness powder into the cauldron, and it zipped along, hitting the walls of the pot. When it started to scream and smack Draco in the face, he figured he’d added too much and scooped some back into the vial. He next poured in the liquid extracted from puppy eyes, and lastly dripped a small amount of caramel into the cauldron, licking away the drops that had fell on his fingers.

“Stir without touching? How?” Draco mumbled as he read the instructions. Finally, Draco picked up his wand, levitated his wooden spoon, and stirred his wand in the air to control the spoon’s stirring of the potion. Almost instantly, a gorgeous female climbed out of the cauldron and smiled at Draco, who was pleased with the results and wished he didn’t have to turn her into Snape the next day.

For #92 - Linda Hagrid/Psyco Foaly-Breeze:

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Snape couldn’t believe the ingredients that these modern-day potions required. He also couldn’t believe that the Minister of Magic himself was requesting that he make him the Psyco Foaly-Breeze potion that he could easily have bought in a store.

“But having it made by the best Potions Master would make my mother so happy, Severus!” Snape shook his head at the Minister’s words. From his store cabinet, he pulled out a vial of a multi-colored liquid and poured twelve spoonfuls of it into his cauldron. Each time he poured the liquid in he heard, “Polly want a cracker!”

“Essence of twelve crazy parrots. Hrmph!” he grumbled. He pulled out a tiny bottle with brown powder and added a pinch of this fermenting powder of the need to ride a horse. Finally, he added the happy-strangeness potion.

“Why bother? This potion’s strange enough,” Snape mumbled as he poured the ingredients into a star-shaped container and placed it in his freezer.

A few hours later, Snape returned and discovered a young girl with a colorful shirt sitting in his office. Severus wrinkled his nose at her odd smell.

“Thanks for brewing me!” the girl exclaimed as she galloped out of Severus’ office.

For #106 - aiangel327/Katy:

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“Potter, Essence of Katy is a simple potion. You and Weasley try not to screw it up. I don’t want to give you two remedial potions lessons!” Snape snapped.

“Yes, Sir,” Harry and Ron grumbled.

“Harry, have any gold? I, um, ran out,” Ron asked quietly. Harry felt a wave of pity for his friend.

“Sure, mate,” Harry replied as he added a dash of gold powder to his cauldron, along with a splash of liquid sarcasm. Ron grabbed the teaspoon of strawberries and was about to eat them when Harry grabbed them back.

“Ron, we need those strawberries for the potion!” Harry explained, laughing at his friend’s insatiable appetite. Ron regrettably tossed the strawberries into the cauldron and Harry lit a fire. The potion didn’t take long to boil, but it took an extremely long time for the potion to cool. As Snape was walking over to give them failing grades, a girl with strawberry-blonde hair appeared.

“Sorry to disappoint you, Professor. I was just making myself look nice. You won’t have to spend your evenings giving remedial potions lessons. You can do what you always do – knit by the fire!” Katy explained. The entire class burst out laughing.

And for #115 - slipstick/Mickey's Marvelous Mixture:

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“Despite this potion’s name, Severus, the effects are gruesome. Brew it for me now!” Voldemort demanded.

“Yes, Sir,” Snape spoke quietly, hating to continue doing the Dark Lord’s bidding. He had never heard of Mickey’s Marvelous Mixture. No doubt a personal recipe for Voldemort. Snape began mixing the ingredients in front of him.

“Xenophobia? Figures. Voldemort never did like anyone strange or foreign,” Severus mumbled, pouring the dark liquid into the cauldron. He next added the rare ingredient, the will to get a head. Snape frowned as he threw the last ingredient into the pot, a small pair of black bikini briefs. Steam formed and a dementor floated over to Severus’ side. Snape struggled to tie the cauldron around the dementor’s robes.

“Very good. Return in three days,” Voldemort announced.

Just as he had been instructed, Snape returned three days later to find a woman who appeared to be a mix of Bellatrix and Narcissa standing beside Voldemort. Death Eaters surrounded them. When everyone was silent, Voldemort nodded to the woman, who uttered a single, unrecognizable word and six Death Eaters fell to the ground in pain. Voldemort smiled coldly, but Snape stared in horror, wondering what he had created.

Now all we need is for Evy to finish the other three graphics and we will be DONE!!!!

Evy · 12-24-2006, 02:46 AM

I'm almost done, guys!

Sorry it's taking so long!

football chick:

EDIT FROM DRACOSDUCHESS: It's okay, Evy! These have been sent to Sam!

squibby · 01-01-2007, 09:33 PM

I wanted to submitt the thread to Grimmauld Place just now and thought that maybe I should ask you, the authors, if you'd like a special format, mentioning, color, ... ;-)

If not, I'll copy all ficlets into one post under the title *A Potion that is the Essence of Me*, submit it to the Character Story section, and ask to move to it to the Finished Section.

SlytherinSissa · 01-02-2007, 01:23 AM

Nah, I don't need any special kind of font or anything with it, just my name so that people know that I wrote it. Thanks for asking though!

squibby · 01-05-2007, 02:42 PM

okidoke, you'll certainly will read you name under your fics! But I figured that one single post might be too long, so I'll try and submitt only the frist one and add the others as soon as the thread gets validated.

**evlpez** · 01-05-2007, 04:52 PM

I've posted that thread for you, and you can add a reply for each ficlet. If you need the first post edited, please let me know what you want it to say and I'll fix it up!

I do want to say thanks to you all for all your hard work! You've done a truly amazing job. I know I said I would be around to help, but I also know you understand when life gets in the way of our online comittments. This holiday season has been particularly hectic and unusual for me (visitors from Australia, the passing of my father in law), and in hindsight I shouldn't have signed up but rather told you guys that I wouldn't be around as much as I would like to. I apologize. Thanks so much for your understanding and patience. You guys are so awesome. You did all this by yourselves and represented our club in such a top notch manner. I'm so proud to be in your club, much less your sponsor.

I do need to know now, are all the gifts complete and posted/sent? The FC Mod team are getting ready to close down the 12 Days forever so it's important we're finished. You guys organized this thread so well, so I will just ask if there's anything left to be done rather than go mucking about looking.

Anything else need doing? Any gifts left to make/give? Please post here asap so we can get them done before the forum is gone. Thanks again so much!

squibby · 01-05-2007, 08:22 PM

Thanks, and posted!

As far as I know and saw when going through our thread just now, all gifts have been given out.

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